Lima, OH Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 89.7) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lima, OH moved from $46,430 in May 2024 to $47,170 in May 2025 (+1.6%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lima, OH sits -1.5 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 30620 · Lima, OH $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #277/528
- RPP-LOW 89.7
- OCC-MID 216 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $224K
- EMP-MIX Industrial E…
- TREND-INLINE -1.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Wilmington, NC
- BOOK-MOST 216 rows · May 2025
Read with Wilmington, NC ($5 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Lima, OH
Where Lima, OH already employs the upper wage tier
Industrial Engineers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Lima, OH's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Industrial Engineers 310 jobs · $105,140
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 260 jobs · $105,690
- 3. Physicians, All Other 220 jobs · $208,000
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 210 jobs · $120,350
- 5. Sales Managers 160 jobs · $114,100
- 6. Financial Managers 150 jobs · $125,380
- 7. Industrial Production Managers 150 jobs · $117,990
- 8. Pharmacists 140 jobs · $137,460
- 9. Software Developers 140 jobs · $114,600
- 10. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 120 jobs · $97,240
- 11. Physician Assistants 110 jobs · $125,100
- 12. Physical Therapists 110 jobs · $97,880
- 13. Civil Engineers 90 jobs · $98,990
- 14. Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 90 jobs · $94,960
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 70 jobs · $140,030
- 16. Marketing Managers 60 jobs · $122,260
- 17. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $152,770
- 18. Human Resources Managers 50 jobs · $115,800
Occupations Tracked
216
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,415
employment-weighted, 216 complete rows
Top Salary
$223,700
Family Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
89.7
10% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Lima, OH, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Industrial Engineers | $105,140 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $105,690 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other | $208,000 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $120,350 |
| 5 | Sales Managers | $114,100 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $125,380 |
| 7 | Industrial Production Managers | $117,990 |
| 8 | Pharmacists | $137,460 |
| 9 | Software Developers | $114,600 |
| 10 | Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary | $97,240 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $125,100 |
| 12 | Physical Therapists | $97,880 |
| 13 | Civil Engineers | $98,990 |
| 14 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $94,960 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $140,030 |
| 16 | Marketing Managers | $122,260 |
| 17 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $152,770 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $115,800 |
| 19 | Mechanical Engineers | $99,290 |
| 20 | Family Medicine Physicians | $223,700 |
| 21 | Purchasing Managers | $114,430 |
| 22 | Brickmasons and Blockmasons | $94,220 |
| 23 | Chief Executives | $150,740 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $121,000 |
| 25 | Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | $94,580 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lima, OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $25,190 |
| Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other | $25,850 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $26,210 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,220 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,320 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,470 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $28,040 |
| Cashiers | $28,230 |
| Dishwashers | $28,480 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,580 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in OH
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside OH. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($57,415 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.